The judge quoted Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a history professor at UCLA, who testified that Congress designed much of its immigration policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries “to filter out undesirable immigrants.”
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Kelly Lytle Hernandez in The Bulletin: “Federal judge in illegal reentry case suggests Congress ‘disavow’ past racism in immigration laws”
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The judge quoted Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a history professor at UCLA, who testified that Congress designed much of its immigration policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries “to filter out undesirable immigrants.”